Sanitary protecting means for water-closet seats.



. G. MOCLORY.

SANITARY PROTECTING MEANS FOR WATER CLOSET SEATS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1908.

Patented May 4, 1909.

2 BEEETS-SHBBT 1.

WITNESSES ATTURNEK G. MGOLORY. SANITARY PROTECTING MEANS FOR WATER CLOSET SEATS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1908.

Patented May 4, 1909.

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WIT/158858 ATTORIVE Y.

UNITE ttTAES PATENT nine GEORGE MCULORY, Ol PAIERSON, NEW JERSEY.

SANITARY PROTECTING MEANS FOR WATER-CLOSET SEATS.

Application filed' September 18, 1908. Serial No. 453,662.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, icon.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it'kno wn that I, Gnonen hlCCLORY, a citizen of the United "States, residing in Paterson; Passaic county, New Jersey, have invented certain newatduseful improvements in "-Sanritary Pm acting 1 Means -for Water-Closet fiaeats; and; do herc'by'declare the following to be a -fmi, clear;- and-exact description of "the inventiorn such as will enable' 'others skillediin' k the art to which it appertains to make and use the san1e=,- roferones being had-to the accompanying drawings, and to" characters rot reference marked thereonywhich form a-part ii-this specificaa '1'. I: r: --izhis invention. relates to water-closets and the like audit has for its object to provide means'wiiercby each person using the closet ma 'm oid1'direct-contactwiththe scat.

w n canying-eny inventioniinto practice, I provide-'a'paper or other'similarn cheap term of 's'heet like material woundi on a 1 roller, meanswhcreby each person usin the closet ma 'advancc the-material; which istormed with holes coinciding in size substantially trrthatt-intheseat; so as tobt'ing a fresh seatin'g'-'tn.rface over the'seat and means for mutilatingvthe paper and' for vthereupon turning it into: the bowl 0f the elosetso that it will pass out in= -the flushin the'reof. z

-My'invention wi'll be ound fully illustrated in the-accompanying drawings wherein; r

Figure-lisawiew in front eievationypartly in section, of a water closet'and the apparatus eonstituting-znry invention; Fig-Q is a side'viewof the'up er part-of the apparatus,

' lookin from the le t in Fig. 1 Figr Sisaplan view'o what is shown in Fig. 2, certain parts being removed; Fi 4 illustrates -adetail; and, Fig. 5 shows preferred form-of the paper strip which I employ; X

a designates the bowl of the water-closet and b its hinged seat, the latter preferably having in the present instance its under side cut away, as at c, to form an opening whose purpose will hereinafter appear more clearly.

To the floor at, preferabl the right side of the bowl (as one faces the" atter) are bolted the lower members (Z of the vertically ad justable uprights e, the upper members f of which are formed with slots 9 receiving bolts h in the members cl. The upper members are formed with the enlargements i whic 1 an afford bearings for the trunnions of upand arranged in a horizontal plane, the uide roller 1, arranged betweenrollers Ir an the closet,- and the-lower or mutiiating rollers or, arranged in a horizontal plane honoatlrrollers k and provided with the 'rz-tdialteeth m adapted-to coaet'in niutilating'or shredding a sheet of paper or the like passed bctwecn them; brackets 0 are'attacheddo the rights and'irr these is jonrnaled another guide roller p which-lies closeto'but :not tpiite in contact with the-scat; screws (1 being-prefer ably employed to secure said brackets to the uprights so that when necessary the roller and brackets may be'rernoveda The :rolle'rs I: carry at their rear ends intornieshirw pinions k and 't'hefmnt-trunnion r of the left-hand roller kin Fig;- learries a crank s and a gear-t; the lattermeshing'with an idler-pinion -ujournaled on a"stub'-sha'ft o projecting from the adj ining upright j-S aid pinion in turn meshes with 'anothcr'pinioirw on the other trunnion of one of-the rollers m which pinion (w) itself meshes with a pinion as on the=trunnion of the-otherrollernrtg'said pinion it being slightlydarger than inion-w so that different surface speeds wi l-be attaincd in tl'lerollers m for the purpose of increasing the mutilating action :thereofi. A paper guide 1 arrangedwithits upper end in oppositerelation to the line of ccn tact between rollers 7c and its lower-end in similar relation to the rollers m,'is secured to the uprights (see Fig.-2 and dotted outline in Fig. 1). Another papenguide z, having its lower dischargecnd 'constrncted in width andturned oil toward theta-a tains gradual cirrvefiis also secured tothe'uprights, its-contracted end-being normally receive in the opening cm the seat.

The paper-strip lisshown in Fig. 5 and is ionmed wrth the openings SI, each-having the slits 3 at the front so that it will take the curve of the front surface in the opening of the seat 1) without breaking when pressed against the same by a person seated upon it. Further, to prevent unduly tearing the paper along its front edge by the pressure of the legs of the erson seated upon it, said front edge is scallbped to form leg-recesses 4.

The paper strip is taken from a roll 5 journaled in a suitable bracket,6 at the left per coacting rollers 7:, having rubber faces l 10 whose top is about on a level with the top coasting reliefs, and e Sill'i 1: guide discnergii surface of the The paper stri runs from the suppiy roli 5 ever guide r0 er 10, across the seat, under guide rsiier ever guide i'oiier Z; down between the rollers is, which serve to feed it, through guide y, be tween the mutiiating roiiei's m, where it is shredded or otherwise .uiu'tiiated and then entering the bowl through the guide 2. Being mutilated, it wiii be understood "that the paper will 110i; tend 150 dog the closet.

In order e0 insure me paper clearing the guide .2 I prefer to provide for diree'i;- ing an sir-blast tiiereshreugh and te this end provide e pump 3.1 which is attached to one of the uprights e and has nezfsie formed es 21. pipe 12 which extends peraiiei Withiiie guide :a horizenteiiy eud has discharge tubes 13 prejec'ting therefrom inte the upper end 0f said guide, the pistes red 14 of the pump iae- .ing pivetsiiy eenneeted with one end of a lever 15 iuiei'umed in said upright and having its other end pivessiiy ceimestee wish pitmsn 16 in turn eemieefieel with e in en a face-piste 18 011 she truimieu sf the ief$- hand. roller in Fig. bus he criuxii is turned to efieet' the advance paper over the seat, the pump causes of six te be discharged ievm thzeugu the z mud ciesr its pesssge sf size shreds or pieces 01 psi-per therein,

I do set wish in be limited to the several.

details of construcivien described and she's/u herein, whet I eisim being:

1. The eombiiietien, Wiiii s eiesei; and iis seat, of means for guiding s11 e eriaured ssrip over the Sup surfs-Ce 01" the sea" means advancing the strip, and e si-rip guide, seepemic'ng with the sdvsneing' means, and dis- @hsrging inte the closet, substsnfisiiy de scribed.

2. The combination, with e (rinses an seat, 01' means for guiding as epert-ured s0 11 over the top so face of the seat, mews advancing the strip, said means cempi'i int-o the cieset and having; its receiving end up osit-e she inteiemue'iiug pert-inns of said i'oiiers, substan'isiiy (iesei'ibeii.

The cembinstieu, with :1 eieses and. its

seat, of means foi' guiding an sperms-2d strip ever she tsp surface 0? the seas, means fer thawing; the strip ever the seat fer simuitencousiy mutiisting the used portion there of, and means, disposed besween the seeenu means and the closes, foi: directing size 23111251- ieiied stri; inte the einses su'ssssntisiiy es seat niusiis'ft-ing reiiers, emi a guide fer the mut-,i-- M ieize i parties 01* the ship errsmgeci releiiveiy the reiierrs and the eieses and dis she .istier, substsntisiiy as (is The eembiiiesien, with e ciose'b end its seer-iv, 0i means er gummg an .a' erbured str p ever izhemp sf the sees, means fer (Eyeing the ever she see-t end for simuimiseeusiy mutiiseing it, and means fer direnting a, blast sgeius'i; she mutiiated ersian 0f the strip end inse the eioset, substemisiiy as 5; Reed.

I she combmstlen, with a closet end its see-b, means 0: guiding e11 epertured strip eveztop surface if the seat, means for drawing the st 'ip over the seat slid for simulu'ieeusi' in" lasing is, a guide for receiving me slut-sates persist"; of the sis'ip discharging inte fiae closet, end mesns for iiireetingg an useless fiimugh' said guide, subsmntiaiiy as deseriived.

in iiest-imsny, I the feregeing, I have iiez'eimte set my hand siiis 12 th day 0f Septembee, 19%.

GEORGE MOCLURY. Witnesses:

Jesus W. STEWARD,

{Fmresses Wooneeczs.

strip ime the doses subsisntieiij 

